It is not news to anyone that the Covid-19 pandemic has been hard on nonprofits, many of which are working with the communities hardest hit by this disease. In the past month, many nonprofit organizations have been on a pause.
For those of us working in HIV philanthropy, advocacy, and research, it’s impossible to ignore the parallels be
You are invited to join Maryland Philanthropy Network for an in-depth conversation with Jason Perkins-Cohen about the Baltimore Health Corps (COVID-19 Contact Tracing program.) This call will be to learn more about how the Contact Tracer program w
Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network for this first in a series of conversations about how inequities in digital access are impacting our communities during the pandemic and what can be done to address immediate needs. This first conversation will provide an overview on the situation in Baltimore.
An outline of a potential school day was drawn from interviews with more than 20 education leaders determining what reopened schools might look like come fall.
The Baltimore City Health Department is working closely with some of the largest local players in the health care industry to track and share data that could prove critical in the city's fight against Covid-19.
THE CORONAVIRUS has thrown many of the ills of American society into sharp relief: slow decision-making, inequality and a safety-net full of holes. A superpower that should have been well prepared to fight the pandemic is floundering instead.
To solve today’s complex social problems, foundations need to shift from the prevailing model of strategic philanthropy that attempts to predict outcomes to an emergent model that better fits the realities of creating social change in a complex wo
Lauren Smith’s opinion article, How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic, made an important point about a focus on equity in philanthropy’s r
This week, amid global panic surrounding Covid-19, financial markets took the worst hit of any single day since 1987. Invest
Echoing Green and Bridgespan collaborated to research the depth of racial inequities in philanthropic funding.
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Thursday announced it committed an additional $6.5 million in emergency grant funding to nonprofits in all of its priority communities as part of the Foundation’s round two response to th
Unions representing journalists at the Baltimore Sun launched a "Save Our Sun" campaign Thursday in an effort to detach the newspaper from its corporate ownership and create a nonprofit news model.
An unusual collaboration among news guilds, two local foundations, and other investors would transform the famed Baltimore Sun newspaper into a nonprofi
Maryland has launched a new online portal designed to connect the state's manufacturers of personal protective equipment and other essential items with buyers.
On May 4, WYPR held a program on the role of non-profits and philanthropies in confronting the community challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as seen through the experience of two local leaders. How are charities and grant makers responding
Howard Bank announced Tuesday it will host its “Keep It Local” contest for the second consecutive year to support small businesses in and around the Baltimore region. The goal is to recognize and support a local small business for its extraordinar
M&T Bank will contribute $200,000 to the Maryland Food Bank and Capital Area Food Bank to help them buy and distribute food to those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and related economic crisis throughout Maryland and Greater Washington ar
Across the country, foundations and nonprofits across the board are increasingly working to incorporate an equity lens in their work.
Protective films around bus drivers, temperature checks at schoolhouse doors, playgrounds marked with social distancing markers.
